Five Acres, a child and family services agency, has given a special recognition award to law firm Latham & Watkins for its pro bono efforts.
Five Acres, a child and family services Child and family services are nonprofit organizations designed to better the well being of individuals who come from unfortunate situations, environmental or biological. agency, has given a special recognition award to law firm Latham & Watkins for its pro bono Short for pro bono publico [Latin, For the public good]. The designation given to the free legal work done by an attorney for indigent clients and religious, charitable, and other nonprofit entities. efforts. The agency also gave special services awards to Bible Club of Glendale and Los Angeles Churches of Christ Churches of Christ, conservative body of evangelical Protestants in the United States. Its founders were originally members of what is now the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) who gradually withdrew from that body following the Civil War. for providing voluntary Bible clubs for children. Kay Linden was honored as volunteer of the year, Diane Severino as person of the year, and Gary Blasiar was given the Dorothy Cook Lifetime Achievement award.
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